1st Edition

The Economics of Libido Psychic Bisexuality, the Superego, and the Centrality of the Oedipus Complex

By Trevor C. Pederson Copyright 2015
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book outlines three shibboleths of psychoanalysis: psychic bisexuality, the Oedipus complex, and social ontology. It affirms the centrality of the Oedipus complex and illustrates the characterological functioning of the pre-phallic superego.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Psychic bisexuality -- “An array of ideal values”: ego psychology and the destiny of the Oedipus complex -- “We cannot fall out of this world”: psychoanalysis and social ontology -- Conclusion -- On Wittgenstein’s private language argument

    Biography

    C. Pederson, Trevor